PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA: TO SUCCEED, EASTERN PARTNERSHIP PROJECT SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED ON PRINCIPLE ‘FOR WELFARE AND NOT AGAINST’

ArmInfo
2009-05-08 12:26:00

ArmInfo. To achieve success, Eastern Partnership project should be
implemented on the principle ‘for welfare and not against’, President
of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said at EU Summit devoted to launch of
Eastern Partnership project in Prague on May 7.

‘Nowadays the idea ‘Europe’ has become a synonym to tolerance,
constructive approach and peaceful solutions. We want Eastern
Partnership to strengthen this perception of Europe in Armenia. We
want this project to be a success demonstrating that policy based
on the system of values can give an exclusive result. This day is
very important for the Armenian people and for other states involved
in the Eastern Partnership. Irrespective of the prospects each of
us sees in the relations with the EU, it is evident that we have a
long way to pass. I’d like to thank EU member-states on behalf of
the Armenian people for the invitation to pass this way together’,
the president said.

‘We are aware that it was not an easy decision for the EU
especially in conditions of global financial crisis. Nevertheless,
Eastern Partnership is a brave decision. It is mutually obliging and
advantageous. We join this process to make our market more accessible,
to promote the dialogue between our citizens and the world community
as well as mutual aspiration to build new future and enrich our
culture. I believe we will succeed’, President Sargsyan said. He
highlighted Armenia’s devotion to fulfilling the commitments to the
European Neighborhood Policy and said that he has already signed a
decree confirming the program of nearly 200 measures to coordinate
Armenia-EU cooperation for the coming three years.

‘Since the European Neighborhood Policy was launched, Armenia has
got an opportunity to join the foreign political statements by the EU
and has already joined almost 80% of these statements which testifies
commonness of our approaches, views and stands,’ the president said.